The vengeance

[Moridin]

So what do you guys think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsGTP3-Jlw

It looks epic, I just hope the campaign is better than in WoL.

[Dem0nS1ayer]

Here's the video in case anyone's too lazy to click on the link:



WoL looked epic, too, by its cinematics, but we all know how that turned out.

I'll be sure to torrent HotS one day.

[Neo]

I'll be sure to torrent HotS one day.

seriously?

gameplay was ok, graphics were "epic", but man I hate the story, BETTER TORRENT IT BECAUSE SCREW THE DEVS*

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Valve and Blizzard, a handful of other studios, some indie or just smaller seem to be the last ones that give a crap about quality, and attitudes like yours kind of suck. And even with they miss the mark, at least they admit it (see: D3).

Story in WoL was kind of weak, but I still had a blast playing, do you honestly think you'll hate playing HotS?

*unless you're in Australia, because wtf is up with those prices

[Toucan]

Same for everything. And then all the retailers scream foul because we have all started buying online from over seas.

[Neo]

Same for everything. And then all the retailers scream foul because we have all started buying online from over seas.

Seriously, do you folks have like really expensive taxes or license fees or something? I know one of the Adobe head guys got accosted the other day by a reporter (kept asking why/how Adobe could charge $1400 AUD for Photoshop in Australia -- the dude kept deflecting it, even after being asked point blank 3 more times)... but really, it just seems so unfair to you folks down under.

[Dem0nS1ayer]

I absolutely hate Battle.net 2, so I'm not going to pay $40 (or whatever the price is) just to "enjoy" the campaign. I hated the story in WoL, but it still interests me, so I'll be sure to play it. But there's definitely no way I'm spending money on it.

Also, I'm not sure what part of 5-year old graphics you find "epic."

[Toucan]

Taxes are a bit high, but the real killer is rent. I once looked at renting a very small shop in a mall here, they wanted $250k per year. That was like 10 years ago.
There are places in Australia where a 600ml bottle of coke costs $9 and a steak will set you back $45. News Story
When you consider how comparable US and Aussie dollars are its bloody sickening.

[Toxic]

I seriously can't wait for the 12th. Such a shame it's a Tuesday and I have school ;_;

[Neo]

I absolutely hate Battle.net 2, so I'm not going to pay $40 (or whatever the price is) just to "enjoy" the campaign. I hated the story in WoL, but it still interests me, so I'll be sure to play it. But there's definitely no way I'm spending money on it.

Also, I'm not sure what part of 5-year old graphics you find "epic."

I meant the movies (personally I'd pay them $60+ for a full-length feature film, crappy story and all, if it looked as good as those trailers and the wol movies looked.

I just find it sort of lame is all. Blizzard, at the least, always strives for quality and pirating their games would just strike me as sort of lame. They've not sold out like E-micropaymentseverywhere-A or Activision which is run by that complete douchebag Kotick; and I'm hoping that in purchasing their game (bad story or good) it shows there's still a reason to support studios like them.

hell I can even understand basically wanting to pirate something to see if it's good or not being buying it, but to flatly state you won't purchase it period yet still want to play it is screwed up. If you're not going to pay for it period, then why should you get to play it?

Taxes are a bit high, but the real killer is rent. I once looked at renting a very small shop in a mall here, they wanted $250k per year. That was like 10 years ago.
There are places in Australia where a 600ml bottle of coke costs $9 and a steak will set you back $45. News Story
When you consider how comparable US and Aussie dollars are its bloody sickening.

Holy crap.

To be fair don't you folks have some really high minimum wage? Or does everything cost that much and it's just the general cost of living?

[Moridin]

But wasn't Blizzard bought by Activision? I thought it's called Activision-Blizzard now, or something.